The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-04-28
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items OF Interest Gathered from Var
Quarters.

The German Crown Prince is dying OF
cancer OF the tongue.
President Eliot of Harvard, is dong
Sicily and Southern Europe.
John A. Roach, the new Mayor OF Chi
cago, has been formally installed in oillce.
The island of Guernsey was shaken by
an earthquake.
Three more con8tables have resigned in
Ireland rather than take part in evictions.
Agent joyce is suing the Marquis Of
Clanricarde for $4,000 damages for libel
Alexander Mitchell, President of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad,
died in New York on Tuesday.
The fifteenth and last reported ballot in
Tallahassee stood: Perry as, BloXham 40,
blank 1.
The Massachusetts House has passed the
high license bill to a third reading. Vote,
1873 to 80.
James G. Blaine has arrived in Chicago
He has completely recovered from his late
illness.
The French corn law is bringing forth
loud complaints in the republic. Petitions
are pouring III.
An explosion aboard the Delta, at Will
mington Wednesday, killed one man and
injured several
In a battle in NIaruf, between the Amccrs
troops and rebels, SO Of the former and 500
of the latter were killed.
Sam Jones will next carry the war into
California having agreed to an engagement
ut San Francisco III June.
Fire Wednesday burned out the Fulton
Qll) JOu'n0t printing Office and three other
buildings Total loss $25, 900.
r. II. Knapp, the Atlanta broker who
took in his friends to the extent Of about
$25, 900, was a Canadian by birth.
Via Bremen, II, ,740 cmigrants have sailed
to America, from March l to January 1,
against 13, 175 for same period last year
Marshal Bozainc was painfully wounded
by Frenchman, who attempted his assas
sination.
The business portion of North Middle
town, Ky, WAS almost totally burned Mon
day. Loss $35 900.
Nine of twcntyfouc Socialists were
convicted of conspiracy in Berlin and sen
fenced to short terms of imprisonment.
A strong effort is being made to settle the
slvCrsmith strike in New York and Provi-
dcncc.
The Russian Commission has been IN
formed to increase the duty on cotton goods
and starch.
BY falling elevator (brolIen ropc) in
Cornersvillc, Ind, George IIampden was
killed and j. Mccormick fatally wounded.
Major John Z. Blaine, paymastcr in the
army, and brother of james G. Blaine, died
at Hot Springs, Ark.
The court house of Jones county, Miss,
together with all the county records, was
destroyed by an inccndiary fire on Monday
night.
Two more men lost their lives in the
construction OF New Yorks new acque
duct. \ dynamite cartridge was accident,
ally exploded.
The President has appointed Col. Yves,
ley Merritt to be Brigadier General, Tjct
Brigadicr General Orlando b. Wilcox, re-
tired.
Chauncy M. Dcpew is going to Europe
III week or two to commit several extern.
pore speeches for next winters banqucts
Prince Eugene, of Sweden, is in Paris
studying art with BOnnat, who regards hin,
rs one of the most promising Of his students
Joaquin Miller has bought six hundred
and forty acres Of land near Shasta, Cal
and will become a farmer, if he isn't toe
indolcnt.
Friends Of Postmaster General Villas say
lands and that he will be millionaire in q
little while
Among the millionaire girls in Washing
ton society are the Misses Riggs, who sue
cccdcd, with their brothers, to their fathers
banking business.
millionaire Corcoran, who docs more f0l
Washington than all the other millionaircs
Jumped together, pays taxes on 0,100, O0C
worth Of property.
Billy Emerson, the minstrel, who writes
his first name with II small b, receives 5000
per week and travels i'll Il private car with
his wife wherever he goes.
Queen Victoria has received enough
Jubilee gifts to fiji Il store house as big rs
Windsor Castle. Many of them have to be
given away for want Of space to put them.
Senator Shcrman's Mansfield friends say
that their faVOritC is not Il millionaire, but
the man who has four aces in his sleeve
rarely alludeS to that fact prcmaturcly.
Plots to kill the Car have been uncarthcd
AZ Kicff and Odessa. They wanted to blow
up The imperial car, opportunity present.
ing.
Frank Lastcr and his wife were killed bv
cars on the trcstlc of the Georgia Pacific
road at birmingham, Ala. The latter was
ticcapitated.
Charles G. Weller g. Sons, Baltimore,
made an assignment to Joseph Lcophold
for the benefit of their creditors. The bond
of the trustee is 100000.
Herman Levy, HLas Harry LCovtt, the
wcilknown intormer in the famous Had
dock murder trial, is suing the Chicago
mail for $500, ,000-libc.
DR.. McGlynn's friends say that when he
delivers his lecture in Boston on 9Th May,
he will have as sympathetic an audience us
he had in New York.
1t is expected that another call for three
per cent. BONDS will hG&nadc in few days.
There arc nov outstanding $l9,02l, 600
Three per cents.
There were five passengers reported miss
ing from the wrecked steamer Victoria.
They haYc applied for their baggage and
arc all right
The Queen of Scrvia has separated from
her husband, King Milan, and returned to
Acr family in Russia-poitical and domes-
tic difficulties
An Irish non commissioned officer has
been dismissed from WOOlwich orcnnol for